Ross Brown The Royal New Zealand Ballet premièred four new works tonight at the State Opera House, marking 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, the first country where women won the right to vote. Introduced by artistic director Patricia Barker, who had personal connections with each of the choreographers, the Strength & […]
Ford’s 10 millionth Mustang rolls off the production line
Ford has reached a milestone for its Mustang nameplate, with the 10,000,000th car coming off its production line at Flat Rock, Michigan. The 10,000,000th Mustang is a white convertible, with a 450 PS V8 under the hood. The specification is a tribute to the first serialized 1965 Mustang (retrospectively labelled a 1964½ model) that […]
Polo Storico restores one-off Lamborghini Miura SVR
Polo Storico, the vehicle preservation and restoration arm of Automobili Lamborghini, has completed restoration on the iconic Lamborghini Miura SVR, chassis number 3781, and exhibited the car at the Nakayama circuit in Japan. Originally a Miura S in green with black interior, the car was delivered to a Torino dealership in 1968 after its […]
TVR returns, showing new Griffith at London Motor Show
Trevor is back: computer game entrepreneur Les Edgar gained control of the British car brand, TVR, from Russian businessman Nikolai Smolenski in 2013. Under Smolenski, the famed Blackpool firm’s sports car production ground to a halt, and Edgar and his team have worked hard over the last few years to bring TVR bang up to […]
Twenty-six miles from Hollywood
You really don’t need another reason to visit Catalina, the jewel of an island an hour off the coast of Long Beach, California. The tiny port of Avalon has been discovered as the jumping-off point for trekkers, mountain bikers, campers and zipline thrill-seekers. But once you’ve ventured back from the wilds where bison and other […]
For the US and Canada, it’s going to be mainly trucks, SUVs and crossovers at Ford next decade
The F-150 earns Ford a healthy profit, and the company wants more of this happening in the US and Canada In a surprise move, Ford has announced that it will cease selling passenger cars in the US and Canada by the early 2020s, excepting the Mustang and the Focus Active. The announcement was for […]
Ten weeks ago, I received an Instagram message from Lorraine Downes, whom most Kiwis will know as our only winner at Miss Universe (in 1983). I knew she had been working on a memoir, and before she could even tell me what it was about, I wrote back to say I would love a copy […]
Hubert de Givenchy, couturier, passes away aged 91
LVMH Paramount Above, from top: Hubert de Givenchy, the founder of the Givenchy label. His most famous design, Audrey Hepburn’s little black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Hubert de Givenchy, the couturier and designer, has passed away aged 91, his family announced on Monday. Givenchy, or formally Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy, […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri scored big at the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards, with lead Frances McDormand winning Best Actress, Sam Rockwell winning Best Supporting Actor, and the cast taking the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture prize. The 24th awards’ ceremony, with all-female presenters, led by MC Kristen Bell, in […]
Sponsored video: Unwind and just “be” in Okinawa
A Lucire special promotion When we talk about ‘going on holiday’, we often want to tune out where there’s tranquillity, away from the rat-race and anything that reminds us of the stresses of daily life. Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan, sees itself as one of those places where you can get away from it […]
